Acquisition and structuring of the related information, knowledge and specific preferences (IPK model)

Implementation of the structured knowledge into knowledge bases

Testing and validation of the inserted knowledge

Integration and maintenance of the system

Revision and evaluation of the system.

Being still more art than engineering, KE is not as neat as the above list in practice. The phases overlap, the process might be iterative, and many challenges could appear. Recently, emerges meta-knowledge engineering * as a new formal systemic approach to the development of a unified knowledge and intelligence theory.

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Since the mid-1980s, knowledge engineers have developed a number of principles, methods and tools that have considerably improved the process of knowledge acquisition and ordering. Some of the key principles are summarized as follows:[How to reference and link to summary or text]

Knowledge engineers acknowledge that there are different types of knowledge, and that the right approach and technique should be used for the knowledge required.

Knowledge engineers acknowledge that there are different types of experts and expertise, such that methods should be chosen appropriately.

Knowledge engineers recognize that there are different ways of representing knowledge, which can aid the acquisition, validation and re-use of knowledge.

Knowledge engineers recognize that there are different ways of using knowledge, so that the acquisition process can be guided by the project aims (goal-oriented).

Knowledge engineers use structured methods to increase the efficiency of the acquisition process.

Knowledge Engineering is the process of eliciting Knowledge for any purpose be it Expert system or AI development

Transfer View – This is the traditional view. In this view, the assumption is to apply conventional knowledge engineering techniques to transfer human knowledge into artificial intelligence systems.

Modeling View – This is the alternative view. In this view, the knowledge engineer attempts to model the knowledge and problem solving techniques of the domain expert into the artificial intelligence system.

Some methodologies that support the development of knowledge or intelligence-based systems include:

CommonKADS

A major concern in knowledge engineering is the construction of ontologies. One philosophical question in this area is the debate between foundationalism and coherentism - are fundamental axioms of belief required, or merely consistency of beliefs which may have no lower-level beliefs to justify them?